Necktie holder



P 7, 1965 o. v. ANDERSON 3,204,306

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Sept. 50, 19s:

INVENTOR. 0L 0F VERNER ANDERSON wm W 34M A TTORNE Y United States Patent3,204,306 NECKTIE HOLDER Olof Verner Anderson, North Kingston, R.I.,assignor to iiiison, Inc., Providence, R.I., a corporation of Rhode sand Filed Sept. 30, 1963, Ser. No. 312,447 3 Claims. (Cl. 24-52) Thisinvention relates to necktie holders and more particularly to the typeof necktie holders consisting of a shirt front clasping member providedwith a necktie encircling loop.

An object of the present invention is to provide a necktie holdercomprising a shirt engaging clasp and an adjustable loop member attachedthereto in such manner as to extend over or across the front of thenecktie and thus confine the necktie sufficiently to prevent the tiefrom flapping and from excessive sidewise movement while permitting thetie to freely move in a vertical or longitudinal direction.

In necktie holders, in garment and article holders, it is common toattach the ends of a flexible member in the form of a chain, to theopposite end portions of a clasp, but, in furtherance of certain objectsimportant from the standpoint of practical use for necktie holdingpurposes, the present improvements propose an adjustable necktie loopwhich promotes more ready and easy association of the necktie therewithand which will drape gracefully over or across the necktie.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a necktie holderwhich is adjustable to accommodate dif ferent widths of neckties andwhich, if desired, may be provided with ornamental configurations.

Other objects of the present invention will become apparent in part andbe pointed out in part in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer tolike parts:

FIGURE 1 is a front view illustrating the practical application of theinvention.

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the necktie holder.

FIGURE 3 is a bottom plan view of the necktie holder showing theadjustable loop member in closed position.

FIGURE 4 is a view, similar to FIGURE 3, showing the adjustable loop inopen position.

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 55 ofFIGURE 3, illustrating the adjustable structure of the loop member.

FIGURE 6 is a cross sectional view taken on line 6 -6 of FIGURE 3,looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, there is illustrated a shirt engaging orattaching clasp including a clasping bar 11 having one reverting end11A. A clasping lever 12 is pivotally connected to reverting end 11A bymeans of pintle 9. A spring 8 positioned on pintle 9 has one endengaging clasping lever 12 and the other end engaging reverting end 11A.The short end of clasping lever 12 serves as a handle while the longerend with its curved, serrated inner flanged edges 13 are yieldinglyurged by spring 8 to clasp the bosom pleat of a shirt 14 between theedges 13 and the rear surface of the free end of clasping bar 11. Thespring 8 may be seen in FIGURE 6. The clasp as a whole is similar to thetie clasp described and claimed in the United States patent to Edwin S.Mix, No. 1,981,740, dated November 20, 1934.

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The bar 11 has a centrally located aperture 7 for the reception of anadjustable loop member engaging ring 15. The ring 15 is preferably ofsuch diameter that the adjustable loop member may freely pivot when thetie ends are dropped through the loop member, as illustrated in FIGURE1, whereby the two side portions of the adjustable loop member are freeto immediately assume a proper balance and drape gracefully around andacross the tie in adjusted loop position.

The adjustable loop member, generally indicated at 16, consists of twopieces of wire, which may be either round or rectangular (as illustratedin cross section and which are bent into arcuate or elongatedsemi-circular loops. First half loop 17 is provided on one end with aneye 20 and on the other end a pin 22 is fastened thereto. Second halfloop 18 is provided on one end with an eye 21 and on the other end a pin23 is fastened thereto. A hollow tubular rivet 5 pivotally connects eye20 with eye 21.

A sleeve 25 arcuate in shape and axially hollow, as at 26, is providedwith arcuate elongated slots 27, 28 in bottom section 29. Top surface 30may be engraved with an ornamental design or be provided with initialsor remain plain. The end of loop 17 is positioned in hollow 26 with pin22 slidingly engaging slot 27. The end of loop 18 is positioned inhollow 26 with pin 23 slidingly engaging slot 28. In this manner thenecktie holder illustrated in the drawings is provided with loops 17, 18which are pivotally connected for adjustable positioning in the relationof one loop to the other loop.

Having shown and described preferred embodiments of the presentinvention, by way of example, it should be realized that structuralchanges could be made and other examples given without departing fromeither the spirit or scope of this invention.

What I claim is:

1. A necktie holder comprising an attaching clasp, an engaging ringconnected to the attaching clasp, an adjustable loop member consistingof a semi-circular first half loop, and a semi-circular second halfloop, means pivotally connecting one end of said first half loop and oneend of said second half loop to said engaging ring, a hollow arcuatesleeve, a second means adjustably securing an end of said first halfloop and an end of said second half loop in said hollow arcuate sleeve.

2. A necktie holder comprising an attaching clasp, an engaging ringconnected to the attaching clasp, an adjustable loop member consistingof a semi-circular loop provided with an eye in one end, and a secondsemicircular loop provided with an eye in one end, a hollow tubularrivet pivotally connecting said first mentioned eye with said secondmentioned eye said hollow tubular rivet pivotally connected to saidengaging ring, a hollow arcuate sleeve having a first arcuate elongatedslot and a second arcuate elongated slot, one end of said firstmentioned semi-circular loop slidingly engaging said hollow arcuatesleeve, a pin located in said first arcuate slot and fastened in saidfirst mentioned semi-circular loop, one end of said second semi-circularloop slidingly engaging said hollow arcuate sleeve, a second pin locatedin said second arcuate elongated slot and fastened in said secondsemi-circular loop.

3. A necktie holder comprising an attaching clasp consisting of aclasping bar having one reverting end, a clasping lever, means pivotallyconnecting said clasping lever tosaid reverting end, a spring meansresiliently urging said clasping lever into engagement with saidclasping bar, an aperture centrally located in said clasping bar, aring, means pivotally connecting said ring to said clasping bar throughsaid aperture, an adjustable loop member consisting of a semi-circularfirst half loop provided with an eye on one end and a pin fastened inthe other end, a semi-circular second half loop provided with an eye onone end and a pin fastened in the other end, a hollow tubular rivetconnecting said first mentioned eye with said second mentioned eye, saidhollow tubular rivet pivotally connected to said engaging ring, a hollowarcuate sleeve having a first arcuate elongated slot and a secondarcuate elongated slot, said semi-circular first half loop slidablyconnected to said hollow arcuate sleeve with said first mentioned pinslidably engaging '4 said first arcuate elongated slot and saidsemi-circular second half loop slidably connected to said hollow arcuatesleeve wit-h said second mentioned pin slidably engaging said secondarcuate elongated slot.

References Cited by the Examiner V UNITED STATES PATENTS 15 DONLEY I.STOCKING, Primary Examiner.

1. A NECKTIE HOLDER COMPRISING AN ATTACHING CLASP, AN ENGAGING RINGCONNECTED TO THE ATTACHING CLASP, AN ADJUSTABLE LOOP MEMBER CONSISTINGOF A SEMI-CIRCULAR FIRST HALF LOOP, AND A SEMI-CIRCULAR SECOND HALFLOOP, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING ONE END OF SAID FIRST HALF LOOP AND ONEEND OF SAID SECOND HALF LOOP TO SAID ENGAGING RING, A HOLLOW ARCUATESLEEVE, A SECOND MEANS ADJUSTABLY SECURING AN END OF SAID FIRST HALFLOOP AND EN END OF SAID SECOND HALF LOOP IN SAID HOLLOW ARCUATE SLEEVE.